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A dining hall during a communal meal break. Long rows of metal tables with white plastic and yellow chairs are filled with people eating from steel plates. Most diners wear white clothing, and several older men on the right wear white shirts and dhotis. Volunteers in white garments move along the back and serve food near a counter. Some women in saffron and orange saris stand by the serving area. Steel tumblers sit on the tables. The wall shows a small purple bird logo in the corner.

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A photograph of a large hall with a curved arched roof and ceiling fans, where many people in white clothes sit at long metal tables eating from steel plates on plastic and wooden chairs. Most diners wear white shirts and white dhotis or trousers, with a few women in white or light saris among them. Servers in white stand near a serving counter at the back left, and windows line the right wall.2010-07-06A photograph of a large dining hall with white walls, ceiling fans and tall windows, where many people sit at long metal-topped tables with plastic chairs eating from steel plates. Most diners wear white shirts, and some wear light blue or patterned clothes; a woman in a red sari sits at the left. Several standing attendants in white shirts move between the tables and a serving counter at the back, carrying food and bowls, as people serve a communal meal.2010-07-07December 14 20072007-12-14A large, plain dining hall with cream walls, a corrugated metal roof, ceiling fans and tall windows. Many people in white clothes sit at long dark tables on white plastic chairs eating from steel plates, with small steel tumblers and a book on the table. A man in a white shirt stands in the background, and a woman in white at left has a small microphone clipped to her collar. The scene is an ashram-style communal meal, with a rack of clothes visible on a railing at the back.2004-05-05December 14 20072007-12-14December 14 20072007-12-14July 06 20102010-07-06December 14 20072007-12-14A large plain dining hall with a corrugated roof, exposed trusses and a wall clock reading about 4:40 above a doorway. Many people, mostly men and women in white clothes, sit at long grey tables eating from metal plates, while others stand and queue or move between tables. Some women wear orange and pink saris and a few men wear blue checked shirts. Steel bowls and plates are set on the tables, and the room is crowded with people filling the space.2009-01-28July 06 20102010-07-06A large dining hall photographed from above, with many people seated at long white tables and red plastic chairs eating from plates. Most attendees wear white or pale clothing, with some in saffron, pink, green and yellow saris. A few men wear white shirts with a blue-lettered logo. Volunteers in white stand between the tables serving food.2007-12-14A large hall with stainless steel serving tables and concrete pillars where many men in white shirts and white dhotis queue and sit for a communal meal. In the foreground a young man in a white shirt holds a white plate with food, and a man in a white shirt beside him carries a steel tray. Several seated diners eat from white plates with rice and curry. Many people in white, some wearing rudraksha-style beaded necklaces, fill the room. Water bottles sit on the table. This looks like an annadan or prasadam meal at a convention.2006-12-15